Colombo records 120 mm of rain in 49 minutes, report says
A Jaffna University geography professor described the heavy Colombo rain on Thursday evening, 6 November, as a cloudburst. The report says 120 mm fell in 49 minutes. In a Facebook post, Professor Nagamuthu Prathiparajah said the term can refer to more than 100 mm of rain in one hour over an area of